Richard Stone, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations welcomed a statement (reported by YWN) by representatives of the Jerusalem based Badatz Eidah Charedis, (Charedi) Orthodox Jewish communal organization, distancing itself and denouncing activities of members of the Neturei Karta sect, who recently met with leaders of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon and joined participants in Jordan in the anti-Israel “Global March on Jerusalem” last week.

A senior leader of the Eidah Charedis organization was quoted as saying, “Our problem is that the media identifies them as members of the Eidah Hareidis. [Eidah Hareidis] has come out against them in an official letter, so how can it be said that they are a part of us?”

Stone and Hoenlein said, “We welcome the declaration by representatives of the Eidah Charedis repudiating the outrageous actions of the fringe Neturei Karta group, including their repeated embraces of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other anti-Israel and anti-Jewish elements. It is time for all parts of the Jewish community to denounce and disassociate from those who embrace the enemies of Israel and the Jewish people, and, in particular, those who provide them with funding and support must cease. The Jewish community should act collectively now to cut off the extremist group and end these repeated acts of betrayal that embarrass the community and undermine its vital interests.”

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)